Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are asking the Biden administration to open a Section 301 investigation on the discriminatory effects of Canada's recently enacted digital services tax. The administration earlier conducted investigations on other countries planning DSTs, but did not impose tariffs, as talks on a global taxation solution proceed.

The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said that while Democrats' insistence that Trade Adjustment Assistance be paired with a renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program has stalled it so far, he's not convinced that the impasse means GSP has no chance in 2024.

The House Ways and Means Committee passed a resolution to undo Treasury Department guidelines on foreign entity of concern involvement in electric vehicle supply chains. The committee passed the bill July 9 on a 25-14 vote.

A bipartisan bill that would direct the Department of Energy to identify the emissions intensity of about 20 sectors, including steel, aluminum, cement, plastics, oil, natural gas and hydrogen, was introduced in the House of Representatives July 9.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, are asking CBP to explain how it will enforce a condition for importers of solar panels from Southeast Asia, which is that panels that entered during a two-year pause on antidumping deposits be installed within 180 days of entry.

A bipartisan letter from the Congressional Steel Caucus urged the Commerce Department to maintain Vietnam's non-market status as part of a review that is supposed to finish next month.

The House of Representatives approved its Homeland Security appropriations bill on a 212-203 vote, with five Democrats supporting it. It cannot pass the Senate because many of its provisions only appeal to Republicans.

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., introduced a bill to suspend the 15% tariff on titanium sponge imports from trusted trade partners.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called on the Biden administration to act on a surge in Mexican steel imports that are violating the 2019 Joint Agreement on Steel and Aluminum. The surge is driven by the Chinese government, which is routing steel through Mexico to avoid U.S. tariffs, Brown said in a June 25 letter.

Importers have paid more than $160 million in tariffs that would not have existed if the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program were in place just since the House passed its version of GSP renewal in April, according to the Renew GSP Coalition. The group, joined by more than 30 trade groups and nearly 300 firms that import goods subject to GSP, said the House bill and the Senate GSP renewal that was part of a trade package that didn't make it into the Chips Act "are a strong starting point for negotiations."